da leao： More managers have been sacked this season than in any previous campaign, but plenty of others have thrived in the Premier League jungle.
da aposte e ganhe： The Premier League has gone sacking crazy this season, with 14 managers in total losing their jobs during the 2022-23 campaign. Some of the dismissals came as a surprise, others were long overdue, while one or two came close to breaking the internet.
This churn of head coaches shows little sign of slowing down next season, either. The financial rewards for remaining in the Premier League or qualifying for Europe are so massive that clubs will do anything to earn a few more precious points.
With so many different sackees to keep track of, you might need your memory jogging to recall some of the coaches that have taken charge of top-flight sides over the past nine months. So, we've decided to provide a valuable public service by assessing the jobs done by all 34 Premier League managers this season.
A quick disclaimer before we get going: There is a really crowded field at the top of the list that were hard to separate, with a whole of host of candidates thriving in wildly different conditions this season. Picking an order for the bottom end of the list wasn't much easier. A variety of factors including pre-job expectations, budget and player quality, all influenced each manager's final position.
A few of the rankings might change when the final round of fixtures is complete, too. Anyway, enough stalling, let's get underway…
(C)GettyImages34Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard nearly dragged teams into the relegation dogfight this season. That's enough to earn bottom spot, surely? After being sacked by Everton with the Toffees languishing in the drop zone, James Corden (apparently) convinced Todd Boehly to give his mate another shot at the Chelsea job on an interim basis.
Many predicted that Lampard's return would go badly – and they have been proved right. The Blues went perilously close to failing to win any of Lampard's games in charge, with a narrow victory over Bournemouth sparing them that particular dishonour.
Although the Blues are dysfunctional on and off the pitch, their caretaker manager has done a poor job since taking over. His team selections have often been bizarre, he's failed to impart any sort of identity on his players, and he's refused to take responsibility for his failings when dealing with the media.
Going back to the Bridge was supposed to be a free hit for Lampard. However, after flopping so spectacularly, he will leave at the end of the season with his managerial reputation in the gutter.
AdvertisementGetty33Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones, we will never forget you. He may have essentially condemned Southampton to relegation by losing six of his seven Premier League games in charge, but he did provide a long list of all-time great press conference quotes.
Some of his greatest hits included claiming Wolves were at an advantage after being reduced to 10 men, starting beef with Havant & Waterlooville manager Paul Doswell, having a pop at his own fans after a 3-0 defeat to Brentford and boldly stating that he was the best coach in Europe during his time at Luton Town.
Oh yeah, and this beauty of course: "I could have stayed in a mining community, been a PE teacher and had a nice life, married a nice Welsh girl. I don’t. I want to test myself on every level & that’s nothing against Welsh women. I want to test myself."
Jones was scarily out of his depth at the top level. The only reason he's not bottom? Well, he stopped Man City romping to a potential quadruple by knocking them out of the Carabao Cup!
Getty Images32Steve Davis
Steve Davis provided Wolves with the anti-new-manager bounce this season. Drafted in as a short-term solution when Bruno Lage was let go, Davis ended up staying in the dugout until the World Cup break. He only managed one Premier League victory – when his side squeaked past Nottingham Forest courtesy of a Ruben Neves penalty – with a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Leicester marking a particular low point.
In short, Davis showed little to suggest he belongs in the Premier League, which is probably why Nantwich Town, Crewe Alexandra and Leyton Orient are the other clubs on his managerial CV.
Getty Images31Brendan Rodgers
The thing that irked Leicester fans so much about Brendan Rodgers wasn't necessarily the Foxes' poor results. Instead, it was his complete inability to hide the fact that he had grown tired of life at the King Power Stadium that really wrangled.
Rodgers was sacked with his previously top-four contending side deep in the relegation mire. His poor recruitment and odd selection decisions were a big reason why.
Although he worked wonders in the East Midlands before it unravelled, his final months as Leicester manager were properly grim. Simply put, that squad of players should have been doing better and Rodgers must shoulder a significant portion of the blame for their abject failure.